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Tailors, dressmakers and custom sewers fit design, create, alter or repair clothing garments using needle and thread or sewing machines. Completion of vocational school or an associate's degree is sometimes necessary to be considered for this position, but not always. An employer might require up to two years of on-site job training after being hired for this job.

A Tailor, Dressmaker, or Custom Sewer can earn salaries on a scale from 16000 - 24000 depending on experience and domain knowledge. Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers earn an average compensation of Twenty Eight Thousand Four Hundred dollars per annum.

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers are paid at the highest level in New York, where they receive wages of just about $34330. People holding these jobs are compensated at the highest average salary in Accommodation and Food Services, where they can receive an average pay rate of $38980.